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Harrison Ford shot this movie after being Han Solo in Star Wars (1977) and before becoming Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). As such, when this movie was made, it was actually sandwiched between two of Ford's and film history's biggest blockbusters of all time.See more »

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Revealing mistakes: Double yellow lines visible at various times during vehicle chase scenes (in Woodstock) nearing the end of the film.See more »

One of my female friends once told she hated "Memphis Belle but she
liked this film. It is not hard to see why. It is more of a Barbara
Cartland style romance than an action adventure movie.

One interesting point is that former RAF /USAAF airfield at Bovingdon
was used for filming. It was previously used as the location for a
number of air movies such as "633 Squadron","Mosquito Squadron" and
"The War Lover". By the time "Hanover Street" started filming in 1978
it was disused and derelict so the aircraft were only filmed with very
long lenses to avoid showing the background clearly.

The film suffers from too many historical and technical errors to be
taken seriously by WW2 buffs. For example there is a discussion about
"light " and "heavy flak" which makes it clear that writer/director
Peter Hyams thinks these terms refer to the number of guns employed
whereas in fact they refer to the calibre of the weapons. For example a
target defended by 100 x 20 mm guns is defended by "light" flak while a
target defended by a single 88mm gun is defended by "heavy" flak.

There is also a scene where the two heroes are pursued by a Hetzer tank
destroyer,a vehicle whose only role is the destruction of enemy armour
and would be singularly unsuited to the task of pursuing enemy agents.

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